NEW YORK (AP) — Mannequin and entrepreneur Ashley Graham will make her Broadway debut this spring within the musical “Chicago,” including her superstar to a present that gleefully skewers superstar tradition.
Graham, who made Time’s “100 Most Influential People in the Word” in 2017 and Glamour’s “Woman of the Year” in 2016, will play Roxie Hart from April 15-Might 25 on the Ambassador Theatre.
“I’m honored to make my Broadway debut as the iconic Roxie Hart,” she said in a statement. “I’m deeply grateful to be able to embrace this new challenge and excited to share the stage with this incredible company.”
Graham made it into the mainstream when she appeared on the duvet of the Sports activities Illustrated swimsuit difficulty in 2016, which led to the duvet of Vogue journal and a gig as a choose on “America’s Next Top Model.”
She additionally wrote the memoir, “A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty & Power Really Look Like” and most lately hosted Roku’s “Side Hustlers” and HGTV’s “Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge.”
Set within the Nineteen Twenties, “Chicago” is a scathing satire of how present enterprise and the media make celebrities out of criminals. It has Bob Fosse-inspired choreography, skimpy outfits and killer songs resembling “All That Jazz” and “Cell Block Tango.”
“Chicago” tells the story of Roxie, a housewife and dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to depart her. To keep away from conviction, Roxie hires Chicago’s slickest felony lawyer to assist her dupe the general public, media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by creating stunning headlines.
The celebrity-craving heroine on the coronary heart of “Chicago″ has been performed by dozens of girls for the reason that present opened in 1996, together with Pam Anderson, Melanie Griffith, Christie Brinkley, Marilu Henner, Brooke Shields, Lisa Rinna, Gretchen Mol, Ashlee Simpson, Brandy Norwood, Jennifer Nettles and Robin Givens.
